The southbound Orange Blossom Special has arrived in Philadelphia from Kearny, New Jersey. The Conrail crew has left the train at Grays Ferry, and is proceeding away from the photographer ... (more)

The southbound Orange Blossom Special has arrived in Philadelphia from Kearny, New Jersey. The Conrail crew has left the train at Grays Ferry, and is proceeding away from the photographer ... (more)

A GG1-powered Phillies Baseball Special is ready to depart from behind the old JFK (Municipal) Stadium, in the shadow of I-95. The 910, now in the lead, had trailed the PRR 4935 on the eastbound t... (more)

A quartet of Alco and EMD power - RS3s and GP7s - lead a westbound down Falls grade through Bellevue Jct. in the East Falls section of Philly. This was either an empty hopper or an ore extra. GP7 ... (more)

All-Star Lineup in Philadelphia: Saturday, November 6, 2021 saw no shortage of intrigue in Philadelphia, as 50th Anniversary Phase VI P42DC #108, ALC-42 #300 and "Day One" ALC-42... (more)

Fine Art in Philadelphia: Phase VI 50th Anniversary P42DC #108 reverses out of 30th Street Station with the iconic Philadelphia Art Museum visible in the background. The diesel locomotive... (more)

"Take the 11 to Popeyes"

A Route 11 SEPTA trolley passes the 52nd Street Popeyes in Philadelphia, PA as it makes its way down the Woodland Avenue Line towards Darby.

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A C630, GP-35 combination leads westbound freight over the Neill Drive overpass at West Falls. The Reading's cheery colors for their second generation diesel power provided a nice contrast with th... (more)

Here we see the train K615 with a Canadian national heritage unit leaving on an empty oil train!

The Market. As part of its annual "Trolley Tunnel Blitz", SEPTA operated over its diversion trackage for 2 weeks in July, 2021. These tracks are normally only used for non-revenue runs to t... (more)

While the power for CP/D&H Train 557 is assembles its train, a Conrail GP38 passes by to switch some customers farther up Columbus Boulevard in Philadelphia.

Better Late. What is normally a morning move with its disadvantageous sun for this angle occurred on the evening of Thursday, July 15, 2021 as Conrail Shared Assets/Norfolk Southern 39G tra... (more)

Shortly after Canadian Pacific acquired the Delaware & Hudson, trains 557 and 558 between Buffalo and a new intermodal facility in Philadelphia were instituted. Here the power for Train 557 is put... (more)

On one of those raw winter days when the draft from the coal furnace at the nearby "FS" West Falls Tower has an alluring call, I am standing at the east end of the "B&O Bridge" that forms the east... (more)

Reading FP7 No. 907 and RS3 No. 509 are this evening's power on symbol DA-3 (Darby-Allentown). The train is moving onto the connection track between the two Schuylkill River bridges at West Falls... (more)